The rebuilding of Disney Television Animation, which started in 2008 with the hire of Nickelodeon veteran Eric Coleman as senior vice president, original series, continues. Coleman has assembled his
new executive team, which includes Michael McGahey, Khaki Jones and Jonathan Schneider. Also, the division's project "Gravity Falls" has been picked to series at Disney Channel for a spring 2012
premiere, while freshman Disney Channel series "Fish Hooks" has been renewed.
Since its September premiere, "Fish Hooks," which features 2D animation characters set against photo-real
backgrounds, has unseated Disney TV Animation's other hit, "Phineas and Ferb," as TV's No.1 animated series among kids 6-14. The series was created by and is co-executive produced by illustrator Noah
Z. Jones, developed by Alex Hirsch and executive produced by Maxwell Atoms.
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Coleman has an eye for greenlighting smart animators, and has pushed forward some interesting projects so far at Disney. Hopefully, the team he builds will do much the same.